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MAPC seeks to inform participants, challenge assumptions, and illuminate the trade-offs inherent in almost every public policy choice. This section is our library of data, analyses, and tools.

DATA

DIGITAL TOOLS

GROWTH PROJECTIONS

RESEARCH & ANALYSIS

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MAPC works to improve Metro Boston’s livability.

...its prosperity, safety, health, climate resilience, equity, natural resources, governance, and neighborhoods. A key way we do that providing technical assistance to our municipalities. Learn here about the wide range of services we provide.

LEARN ABOUT FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

our work

MAPC’s practice area, the natural and built environment, couldn’t be more tangible.

The work itself is abstract, however: we listen; and we gather, develop, and spread ideas. Learn here about some of the main ways we group our ideas and the people we work with.

METROFUTURE: OUR REGIONAL PLAN

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LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES

EQUITY AT MAPC

COALITIONS

SUBREGIONS

The Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) is the regional planning agency that serves the people who live and work in the 101 cities and towns of Metro Boston.

Established in 1963, MAPC is a public agency created under Massachusetts General Law Chapter 40B Section 24. It is governed by representatives from each city and town in our region, as well as gubernatorial appointees and designees of major public agencies. We have nearly 100 staff members working across the planning disciplines to promote smart growth and regionalization. Learn here about our governing bodies, staff, employment opportunities, finances, internal plans, and opportunities for funding.

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MAPC

Promoting Smart Growth & Regional Planning

The Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) is the regional planning agency serving the people who live and work in the 101 cities and towns of Metropolitan Boston. Our mission is to promote smart growth and regional collaboration. Our regional plan, MetroFuture, guides our work as we engage the public in responsible stewardship of our region’s future.